Manchester United slows down the leader of the Premier League! The Red Devils took a point at Chelsea (1-1) on Sunday in the 13th round of the league. Man City puts pressure on Chelsea. In the standings, Chelsea remains in the lead but is only one point ahead of Manchester City, who beat West Ham (2-1) earlier in the day. Manchester United is in 8th place, five points behind the top four.
Surprise of this first part of the season in the Premier League, West Ham did not make the weight against Manchester City (1-2), this Sunday, during the 13th day of championship. The Citizens were very dominant (68% of possession, 19 shots to 5) and won thanks to Gündogan (33rd) and Fernandinho (90th). Lanzini (90th+4) saved the honor for the Hammers at the end of the game.
Totally dominated in the first half, but saved several times by his goalkeeper De Gea and by the bar on a shot of Rüdiger, the Mancunian club even thought they could win on a goal of Sancho following a mistake of Jorginho (50th). But the Italian midfielder of the Blues recovered to equalize on a penalty conceded by Wan-Bissaka (69th). Note that Ronaldo was a substitute at the start of this clash. The Portuguese only came on in the 64th minute in place of Sancho, without tipping the balance in MU’s favor.
Liverpool played an uncompromising style of play, giving the Saints chances but never letting up on their attacking efforts, blowing their opponents away in the first half. They opened the scoring in 97 seconds through Diogo Jota, who converted a low cross from Andrew Robertson to score the fastest Premier League goal of the season.
Arsenal is back on track
After a heavy defeat at Liverpool (0-4) last week, Arsenal has reacted well against Newcastle (2-0) on Saturday for the 13th day of the Premier League. The Gunners dominated the game, but had a hard time finding the goal, as Aubameyang hit the post in front of the empty net in the first half. But after the break, Mikel Arteta’s men managed to make the difference through Saka (56th) and Martinelli (66th).
In the standings, Arsenal remains in 5th place, but is temporarily 6 points behind the leader, Chelsea. On the other hand, Newcastle is worried about the 20th place!
Steven Gerrard continues his perfect start to the season
Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard earned his second win in two games with a convincing 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace. Matt Targett and John McGinn scored for the dominant visitors who move up to 11th place in the table and are only the third team to beat Palace this season.
Matt Targett and John McGinn scored to help Steven Gerrard continue Aston Villa’s perfect start to the season as they ended Crystal Palace’s seven-game unbeaten run with a 2-1 win at Selhurst Park.
Brighton 0-0 Leeds
Match report and summary: Brighton took 20 shots but couldn’t find the net; Neal Maupay, Leandro Trossard, Jakub Moder and Solly March all missed important chances; Leeds were again below par, but came away with a point at the Amex Stadium. Brighton once again regretted missing a string of chances in a 0-0 draw with Leeds, extending their winless streak to eight Premier League games.
Neal Maupay was back in Brighton’s starting lineup for the first time in three Premier League outings and, despite having a point to prove, he wasted an early chance when Tariq Lamptey terrorized Junior Firpo on the right wing in the first half.
The results of this 13th round:
- Chelsea 1-1 Man Utd
- Man. City 2-1 West Ham
- Leicester City 4-2 Watford
- Brentford 1-0 Everton
- Burnley rep. Tottenham
- Brighton 0-0 Leeds United
- Crystal Palace 1-2 Aston Villa
- Norwich City 0-0 Wolves
- Liverpool 4-0 Southampton
- Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle
Table
| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Chelsea | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 26 | 30 |
| 2 | Manc City | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 28 | 28 |
| 4 | West Ham | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Wolves | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Tottenham | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 19 |
| 8 | Man. United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Brighton | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 23 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Brentford | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Everton | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Southampton | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Watford | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 12 |
| 18 | Burnley | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Norwich City | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -20 | 9 |
| 20 | Newcastle | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 29 | -14 | 6 |
